#408A99#408A99

#408A99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.076 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408A99
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 153)
HSL	hsl(190, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -18.40, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 23.71, 219.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0642 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.076 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9503, 21.5652, 33.4000)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408A99 #994F40

analogous

#40997B #408A99 #405E99

triadic

#408A99 #99408A #8A9940

tetradic

#408A99 #7B4099 #994F40 #5E9940

square

#408A99 #7B4099 #994F40 #5E9940

split-complementary

#408A99 #99405E #997B40

monochromatic

#1C3C43 #2E636E #408A99 #5CABBB #87C1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#408A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#408A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408A99

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408A99	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.076 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacb7',
    500: '#408a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408a99;
$custom-light: #7dacb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.112,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59249,
    "c": 0.07642,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408A99

secondary

#B7877E

accent

#6B57D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #408A99

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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